{"product_id":"what-we-do-is-secret-contemporary-art-and-the-antinomies-of-conspiracy-paperback","title":"What We Do Is Secret: Contemporary Art and the Antinomies of Conspiracy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLarne Abse Gogarty\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHannah Black\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn the aesthetic and intellectual affinities between recent art and conspiracy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten in the wake of the far-right populist turn in Europe, the US, and beyond, \u003ci\u003eWhat We Do Is Secret\u003c\/i\u003e addresses aesthetic and intellectual affinities between recent art and conspiracy, proposing a theory of conspiracy that is not primarily concerned with conspiracy theory. This inquiry takes shape across chapters on the politics of post-internet art aesthetics; the sublime and possessive individualism in recent \"critical\" art; Cady Noland's security fences, and silkscreens of the Symbionese Liberation Army; and mutuality, secrecy, and improvisation in the work of Ima-Abasi Okon. Larne Abse Gogarty discusses the relationship between culture and contemporary politics, following on from David Lloyd's proposition that through its compensatory qualities, the aesthetic sphere naturalizes forms of life lived under the rule of property. What kind of art can work against this? Can art exist as a conspiracy capable of corroding that rule?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLarne Abse Gogarty is a writer and art historian from London. She works as a lecturer in History and Theory of Art at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eUsable Pasts: Social Practice and State Formation in American Art\u003c\/i\u003e and has published in journals and magazines including \u003ci\u003eArt Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Socialist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTate Papers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThird Text\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eZeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 06, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766503538976,"sku":"9783956795626","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1ba76cc4381e7d855e916684e4374e47.webp?v=1780293912","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/what-we-do-is-secret-contemporary-art-and-the-antinomies-of-conspiracy-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}